MILWAUKEE >> After trading for right-hander Kevin Correia from the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night, the Dodgers are expected to shuffle their starting rotation beginning Monday.

The new rotation calls for Correia to oppose Julio Teheran in Atlanta. Everyone else will be pushed back a day, with Dan Haren going Tuesday and Hyun-Jin Ryu on Wednesday.

Without making a formal announcement, Mattingly said Sunday that he would consider shuffling the rotation “hypothetically speaking, during this little stretch of all the games in a row, to give our guys a little bit of a breather – making sure we’re not overtaxing (Clayton Kershaw), (Zack) Greinke. We know Hyun-Jin (Ryu)’s pitched better with that little extra day.”

The Dodgers are in the midst of a stretch of 20 games without a day off.

Mattingly might have been deliberately vague because Correia hadn’t officially been added to their roster at the time he was speaking. Later Sunday, the team announced that minor-league reliever Colt Hynes had been designated for assignment to make room for Correia on the 40-man roster.

The corresponding 25-man roster move hasn’t been announced yet, but either Carlos Frias or Pedro Baez could be heading back to Triple-A when the Dodgers fly to Atlanta tonight. Correia will join the team in Atlanta.

Another reason the Dodgers could be lining up Correia to start Monday: He’s got a 4.07 ERA in six games (five starts) in his career at Turner Field, the fourth-lowest ERA of any park in which he’s made five starts or more. Dodger Stadium (4.04), Wrigley Field (3.66) and Coors Field (3.35) are the others.

The bigger reason Mattingly pointed to is that Kershaw, Ryu and Greinke have made five starts since the All-Star break. Haren has made four.

Correia, whose last start was Wednesday, was 5-13 with a 4.94 earned-run average when he was acquired from the Twins for cash or a player to be named later.

“(Correia) has been a guy that has given us trouble, that’s always kind of — for me he’s been around the strike zone, a guy that knows what he’s doing,” Mattingly said. “The guy has experience. A Southern California kid. A guy that fits in, we think, just what we need.”

Barney up, Ramirez to DL

As expected, shortstop Hanley Ramirez was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain, retroactive to Saturday.

That made for a long day for infielder Darwin Barney, who was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to take Ramirez’s roster spot.

Two weeks after the Dodgers acquired Barney from the Chicago Cubs and sent him to the minors, he was headed back to the big leagues. His flight from Las Vegas landed in Milwaukee at 5 a.m.

A new uniform was waiting for Barney at Miller Park with a number 30 on his back. A new position was waiting for him, too. Mattingly said that Barney and Miguel Rojas will be part of a platoon at shortstop while Ramirez recovers. Rojas got the start Sunday.

“It was actually good to get some games under my belt there (in Albuquerque) before coming over here,” said Barney, a second baseman for most of his major-league career. “Working on some of the internal clock stuff, moving back to the left side of the infield.”

Ramirez suffered the oblique strain in the batting cage Friday. Mattingly said an MRI scan showed the injury is less serious than the team originally feared.

“This may be something that he can play in ten days,” Mattingly said.

Ramirez is eligible to be activated Aug. 24.

Also …

Mattingly said that Alex Guerrero was not considered for promotion. Guerrero is batting .331 at Triple-A Albuquerque, but only .236 since returning from a lengthy rehab process after a portion of his left ear was bitten off during a fight with a teammate in May. … Yasiel Puig was given the day off. Mattingly said that Puig reported having some pain in his back, but he was planning to give Puig the day off anyway. Andre Ethier started in center field. … Monday’s game on ESPN will not be blacked out in Southern California.

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